Inkstand



(No Model.)

B. S. RAPE.

INKSTAND.

No. 445,201. Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

ATTORNEY.

,NITED STATES PATENT Y OFFICE.

EDWARD s. RAFF, oF'oANToN, onIo.

INKSTAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,201, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed October 29,1890. Serial No. 369,681. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. RAFF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Inkstands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in an article of manufacture; and itconsistsin providing in an inkstand a fountain or receptacle to hold ink, that maybe so balanced or poised as to yield or swing when the pen is placed in the stand, which movement will cause a supply of ink to flow from the body of the fountain to the pen and back into the fountain when the pen is removed, by which a supply of fresh ink is always provided for the pen and the whole body of ink in the fountain moved each time the pen is inked, by which movement the ink is prevented from settling, and as a result of such frequent movement is always in order for use.

Nith these ends in view my invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation, partly in section, of an inkstand illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 a perspective of a fragment of the upper portion of the fountain and hail.

A is the base, which may be made of any suitable material, having side frames 13 and at the top portion of said frames a cross-bar G.

A fountain or ink-holder D, preferably made of glass, is provided, having a hollow body portion a, a neck portion b, projected outwardly and upward, about the upper end portion of which is provided a screw-thread c, and on the top portion of the body D is provided a flanged aperture (1, to which is fitted a metal cap f. A mouth-piece E, made, preferably, of hard rubberand of the form shown in the drawings, is provided, said piece having upwardly-projected walls It, a downwardly'projected neck portion 972, having a screw is similar and adapted to the thread a 0n the beck of the fountain, and a central and downwardly-projected tube portion 12, the aperture of which is small, as shown.

On the top and side portions of the inkfountain D and diametrically opposite are provided bails F, having on their under side portion corresponding notches p. The bar 0 is passed through the bails and into the perforations provided at the top of the side frames B, the bails to rest 011 the bar to support the fountain in a swinging position, and the bar in corresponding notches.

To arrest the downward movement of the front portion of the fountain, a stop Gis provided, consisting of a button-headed screw, to be turned into orout of the base A, the head to stand at the desired height to arrest the downward movement of the fountain.

In operation a suflicient amount of ink is passed through the aperture provided therefor into the fountain to immerse or cover the end of the tube n to a point indicated by the dotted line, the swing or tip of the fountain to be regulated by moving the suspendingbails forward and back over the supportingbar C,the bar to rest in corresponding notches, and thus adjust or regulate the swing of the fountain to the amount of ink therein, so as to prevent an excess rising through the tube a, and by keeping the end of said tube constantly immersed air-bubbles rising above the tube into the mouth E will be prevented, and by the swinging movement of the fountain the ink is not liable to settle, as in the case with a stationary fountain or one that is not so moved at every inking of the pen. To ink the pen it is placed in the mouth E, and bya gentle downward pressure the fountain will swing about the bar 0, the front portion down and the rear portion up, at which instant ink will flow from the fountain up through the tube 02. into the mouth E, and when the pen has been inked and removed the fountain will swing back into its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, an inkstand having a support consisting of a base A and side frames B, said frames having at their top portion a cross-bar (3, and a fount- IOC ain D, having bails notched to engage said the downward movement of the fountain at bar, by which said fountain is supported to a desired point, substantially as described, swing about said barand adapted to' be moved and for the purpose set forth. back and forward to balance or adjust the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 fountain thereon, substantially as described, my hand this 17th day of October, A. D. 1890. 15

and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an inkstand, the supporting-frame de- 1 EDVARD RAFF' scribed and an ink-fountain having notched Witnesses: bails by which said fountain is supported to CHAS. R. MILLER, 1o swing on said frame, and a stop G to arrest W. K. MILLER. 

